11 Facts About Bob Giraldi

Bob Giraldi was born on January 17,1939 and is an American film and television director, educator, and restaurateur.

Bob Giraldi is known for directing the film Dinner Rush and the music video for Michael Jackson's Beat It.

Bob Giraldi's work has garnered several London International Awards, Cannes Advertising Awards, NY International Awards, Addy Awards, Chicago Film Festival Awards, and dozens of Clio Awards.

Bob Giraldi has been named one of the 101 Stars Behind 100 Years of Advertising.

Bob Giraldi was born on January 17,1939, in Paterson, New Jersey, to a working-class Italian-American family.

Bob Giraldi attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1960.

Bob Giraldi has produced and directed over 5,000 unique visual marketing and advertising pieces.

Bob Giraldi was hand-picked by Jackson himself after the singer saw an Eye Witness News commercial directed by Bob Giraldi, about an elderly blind couple holding a block party for their new Black and Hispanic neighbors, the Beat It video featured cast members that were real life members of the Bloods and the Crips.

Bob Giraldi made three feature films in the 1980s, directing Jon Cryer's Hiding Out, as well as National Lampoon's Movie Madness and Club Med, before directing his fourth, and most critically acclaimed feature film, Dinner Rush a decade later.

Bob Giraldi directed the short film; A Poet Long Ago, based on a short story written by Pete Hamill and starring Steve Schirripa, and Boris McGiver.

Bob Giraldi appeared on the TV series, Celebrity Taste Makers, with Danny Aiello, discussing his experience in the restaurant business, as well as the making of Dinner Rush which has, over the years, earned its reputation as the original inspiration for the galaxy of food shows, both reality and fictional, that crowd the media landscape of today.